Coin operated automatically operating apparatus



Aug. 13, 1935. K. A. T. GRANZELIUS COIN OPERATED AUTOMATICALL'lfOPERATING APPARATUS Filed May 11, 1933 4 Sheets-Sheet l 1935. K, A. T.GRANZEOLIUS 2,010,815

COIN OPERATED AUTOMATICALLY OPERATING APPARATUS Filed May 11, 1953 4Sheets-Sheet 3 Aug. 13, 1935. K. A. T. GRANZELIUS 2,010,815

COIN OPERATED AUTOMATICALLY OPERATING APPARATUS Filed ma 11, 1935 4Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Aug. 13, 1935 UNITED STATES COIN OPERATEDAUTOMATICALLY OPERATING APPARATUS Karl Axel Teodor Granzelius,Stockholm, Sweden Application May 11, 1933, Serial No. 670,545 In SwedenApril 5, 1933 7 Claims.

This invention relates to'an automatically operating apparatus which isadapted to be operated by means of coins, fare tokens, banknote: orother payment means and which is provided with a calculating machine orone or more count.- ers and at the same time provided with a device fordischarging coins or the like. Such automatically operating apparatusmay be of the kind known as savings-bank apparatus, calculatingmachines, ticket selling apparatus, apparatus for selling various wares,postage printing apparatus, cash-registers, automatic telephoneapparatus or the like.

Apparatus of this kind are already known, which operate purelyelectrically, that is to say the coin constitutes a contacting memberfor closing a circuit containing relays or the like which actuateregistering mechanisms. Other machines are known which workmechanically, the coin acting on account of its own weightuponregistering mechanisms or register setting devices. Apparatus arefurther known in which the coin is inserted to a certain extent into adrum and the flat side of the projecting portion of the coin is utilizedto actuate a registering mechanism. These apparatus however are notprovided or combined with a coin discharge device. Mechanicallyoperating apparatus of this kind have already been proposed, whichoperate on the insertion of a coin for the purpose of registering thesame, in which however a device fordischarging coins must be setmanually, which may cause faulty settings.

It is the main object of the present invention to provide such acombination of coin-registering and coin-discharging devices, thatmembers or means which determine the ejecting of coins are positivelyconnected with those means which determine the registering of theinserted coin, so that the ejecting of coins becomes automatic andfaulty settings are rendered impossible. The chief feature of thisinvention, therefore, is the provision of an apparatus which has amovable member for receiving the coin or other payment means whichconstitutes a mechanical power or movement transmitting member arrangedbetween said movable member and the setting members of the calculatingmachine or the counter or counters, said setting means beingdirectly orindirectly actuated by said power transmitting member; said settingmembers being directly or indirectly connected with settable mechanismspertaining to the discharge device. The coin .or payment meansconstitutes in this case a leverlike or friction producing member forthe purpose of actuating said setting means.

When in the following description for the sake of simplicity theexpression coin is utilized, it is to be understood that also other aspayment means acting devices such as fare tokens or banknotes could beused, which banknotes for this purpose may be utilized by themselves orinserted in a special pocket. As further this invention only concernsthe setting mechanism proper for the registration and discharging,respectively, of the coins, the invention will only be described andshown as applied to a special kind of apparatus, for instance a ticketselling apparatus which is adapted to discharge tickets at a certainpredetermined price and adapted to set the arithmetic complement, thatis to say the difference between a fixed price for instance one hundred,and the ticket price for instance 15. It is however to .be understoodthat the invention also may be applied to any other automaticallyoperating apparatus, for instance apparatus of the kind indicated above.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an external view of a ticket-selling apparatus to which thepresent invention is applied, parts of the casing of the apparatus beingbroken away for the sake 'of clearness. Fig. 2 shows the same apparatusas looked upon from above, a part of the casing being broken away. Fig.3 shows on a larger scale parts pertaining to the setting mechanism withparts of the casing removed or entirely left, out. Fig. 4 shows the samemechanism as looked upon from above. Fig. 5 is a section along the lineVV in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows a sectional detail of the setting mechanismalong the line VIVI in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 shows the coin discharge device asseen from above. Fig. 8 is a section of this device along the lineVIII-VH1 in Fig. '7. Fig. 9 showsshafts pertaining-to the dischargedevice. Figs. 10-14 show controlling elements in the form of diskshaving cams and fixed to the shafts shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 15 is a detailView of a clutch construction.

The apparatus is mounted within a casing I which isprovided with coinsapertures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1 and 8 for Swedish coins of the value of 1tire, 2 fire, 5 ore, l0 tire, 25 iire, 50 fire and 1 crown,respectively. It is of course understood that the apparatus may bearranged to be operated by U. S. coins or any other foreign coins. Amain shaft I0 is journalled in suitable manner within the apparatus.This shaft may be operated either manually, in which case a crank is tobe attached to a prolongation of the shaft ll projecting through onewall of the casing, or as shown on the drawings the main shaft may bedriven by an electric motor l3 through the intermediary of a suitablegearing. As however the gearing and the clutch form no part of .thepresent invention they have therefore not been shown in detail. Themotor circuit may in this case be closed by the inserted coin and openedeither directly or through the'intermedlary of suitable devices by meansof a push-button 9 arranged at the front wall of the casing. To the mainshaft l are fixed seven disks l6, one for each kind of coin (Figs. 3 and4). Each of these disks l6 has a recess I! (Fig. of less depth than thediameter of the respective coin, so that the coin projects somewhatbeyond the circumference of the disk. One end surface It of the recessserves as carrier for the coin, when the disk rotates in the directionof the arrow l9. According to a preferred form of embodiment aresilientor spring actuated strip 26 in the form of a circular arc and ofsubstantially the same width as the thickness of the disk or the coin isattached to the disk at the bottom of the recess. As shown on thedrawings the strip is at 2! pivoted to the disk l6 and its free end-isin contact with one arm of the bellcrank 22 which is pivoted to abracket 23 fixed to the disk. A spring of steel wire 20a is fixed bymeans of a screw 20b to the disk and the free end 20c of the steel wireis bent at right angles and extends underneath the free end of the strip29.

The other arm 24 of the bellcrank is pivoted to a rod 25 extendingsubstantially parallel to the main shaft, the free end of said rod.being pivoted to an auxiliary member 21 provided with teeth 26corresponding to the value of the coin, the auxiliary member being also.fixed to the main shaft [9. These teeth 26 are adapted, when in acertain position, to actuate a toothed wheel 34 in mesh with a toothedwheel 35 having a numeral wheel 28 fixed thereto. These wheelsconstitute one order of the counter or of the calculating machine. Eachdisk I6 is arranged rotary within a coin channel 29 which at its upperend forms a continuation of a coin-chute 30 and at its lowervend .opensin coin receptacles ll9-l53 (Fig. '7) pertaining to the coin dischargingdevice or if desiredopens in a special coin receptacle 3| (Fig. 5).

The device hithertodescribed operates in the following manner, compareFigs. 3, 4 and 5. When a coin 32, for instance of the value of.25

, tire, is inserted through the coin apertures 6 and the chute 39, itwill rest on the circumference of the disk l6 or, if this disk is in'theposition as shown in Fig. 5, on the strip 20in the recess ll of thedisk. When thereafter the main shaft ID with the disks rotates in" thedirection of the arrow l9, the end surface l8 cf-the recessil carriesthe coin 32 along to the channel 29, and for the reason that thedistance of the strip 20 from the circumference of said disk diminishessuccessively in the direction towards the free end of the strip, thecoin acts as a lever or a wedge and presses the free end of the stripdown upon the arm 22 of the bellcrank, whereby the bellcrank is rockedin the direction of the arrow 33 and the rod 25 is displaced lengthwiseto the left according to Fig. 3, and the teeth 26 and 26a are caused tooccupy the position shown with dotted lines in Fig. 3. These teeth willthen mesh with the toothed wheel .34 journalled on a spindle 56 (Fig.6),which toothed'wheel 34 is in mesh with the toothed wheel35 securelyfixed to the pertaining numeral wheel 28. The'toothed wheel 35 and thenumeral wheel 28 are journalled I 'on'. the spindle 281:. As soon thecoin has left the channel ,29, it'falls down into the coin receptacle 3|or as thecase may be into one of the receptacles Mil-I53. When the coinleaves the recess H, the strip 26 willagain occupy its normal positionrelative to the disk l6, as shown in Fig. 5.

The auxiliary members 21, 36 and 31 are provided with teeth for allcoins for which the apparatus is constructed. The auxiliary member 21has teeth for unit order coins, the auxiliary member 36 has .teeth fortens order coins and the auxiliary member 31 has one tooth for hundredsorder coins, in this case for one crown. Inasmuch as twenty-five tirecannot be registered as a unit, it is necessary to actuate as well theunits order numeral wheel as also the tens order numeral wheel. As willbe seen from Fig. 3, the rod 25 is pivoted to the teeth 26 on theauxiliary member 21 and also pivoted to the teeth 26a on the auxiliarymember 36. As will be seen from Fig. 6, the auxiliary member 27 has apivoted tooth 39 corresponding to one dre, a double tooth 40 for onetwo-tire coin, a member 4| with five teeth for a five-(ire coin and themember 26 with five teeth for five (ire in cooperation with the member26a which has two teeth for twenty ore. All these teeth or members arein the manner as shown in Fig. 3, by means of rods 25, connected withbellcranks which are attached to the pertaining disks I 6. It is to beobserved that the recesses I! in the disks iii are periphericallydisplaced relative each other in correspondence to the positions of theteeth or members on the auxiliary members (compare Fig. 6). Thus themember 26 and the member 26aare arranged in the same angular positionrelative to the other members. The counter comprising the wheels -28,34, 35 and similar wheels for the other denominations is arranged nearthe lower end of the channel 29, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the coinmay effect registration in this counter shortly before it leaves thechannel 29. The member 36 having toothed member 26a is further providedwith a tooth for a ten-tire coin and a member with five teeth for afifty-tire. The auxiliary members 36 and 31 which are substantiallysimilar as the member 21 have not been shown in detail. For greaterclarity of illustration, the drawings do not show the tens-carryingmechanism for advancing the tens and hundreds .order portions of thecounter by one step eachqtime that the number wheel of the units or tensorder, respectively, moves to zero, since the tens-carrying mechanismmaybe of any known or conventional design. The rods pivotally connectedwith the said teeth or members extend through the other disks l6, asshown in Fig. 5, where these rods are designated 25a, 25b and 250,respectively, and as all disks and auxiliary members are fixed to thesame main shaft Hi, the rods will not bein the way for each other duringthe rotation of the shaft Hi. In Fig. 5 the position of the coin 32 hasbeen shown with dotted lines 320., when the teeth 26 transport theirmovement to the toothed wheel 34.

When a coin is inserted in the chute 36 and the main shaft l0 rotates itmay happen that the coin at first rests on the circumference of the diskI6, which however does not matter, because after allow the carryingalong of the coin, a

lever 64 actuated by a spring 63 is arranged in the chute 30, saidlevernormally forming a con tinuation of the chute 30 and being rockedinto the position shown by dash-dotted lines in Fig. 5, when the coin ismoved into the channel 29.

The apparatus is preferably so arranged that its motor is startedthrough the intermediary of the coin by means of a contact device whichis closed by the inserted 00111. A preferred form of such contact deviceis shown in Fig. and consists of a bellcrank, one arm 65 of whichextends into the chute 30, while its other arm 66 has a contact plate 61adapted to cooperate with a contact spring 68.

A preferred form of embodiment of the coin discharge device however willbe described more clearly and is shown in Figs. 7-14. This devicecomprises controlling elements in the form of disks having cams arrangedat different distances from the axis, which cams determine the number ofcoins to be ejected, the controlling elements or cam disks beingcontrolled by the counter of the apparatus or by the calculatingmachine. It is assumed that in this case a shaft I46 is caused to rotateonly one revolution at a time, which for instance may be effected bymeans of a clutch I41 operated electrically or mechanically. A shaft I48is continuously rotated by the motor I3, and, as shown in Fig. 15, theclutch I41 may be manually actuated by the push button 9 to connect theshaft I46 to shaft I48 after the coins are deposited. The push button isconnected to a rod III that has a shoulder I engaged by one arm 202 of abell crank lever, the free end of the other arm 203 engaging a shoulder204 on an escapement pawl 205 which has a tooth 206. A

. spring 201 urges the shoulder 204 against the arm 203, and the pawland spring are mounted on a disk 208 which is rigidly fixed to shaft.I46. The shaft I48 carries a ratchet wheel 209, but the pawl and ratchetmembers cannot engage so long as the arm 202 of the lever is heldagainst the stop 2I0 by spring 2. The rod 8| is normally held inretracted position by a. spring 2I2 but is pushed forward manually torock the bell crank 202, 203 to release the pawl which, urged by spring201, throws the tooth 206 into engagement with the ratchet wheel 209.When the button 9 is released, the lever returns to its initial positionwith arm 203 in the path of shoulder 20% of the escapement pawl, and theclutch is thus released. This shaft I46 supports a plurality of pairs ofcam disks I55, I56, one pair for each sort of coins. In the form ofembodiment as shown there are a plurality of stationary coin receptaclesI49, I50, I5I, I52 and I53 for coins of the value of 1 fire, 2 ore, 5fire, 10 fire and ore, respectively. It is to be observed that theinvention is not limited to the said sort of coins or to the number ofcoin receptacles, and according to circumstances modifications may becarried out within the scope of the present invention as set forth inthe appended claims. One cam disk I55 (Fig. 8) fixed to the shaft I46,engagesa roller I51 attached to a pivoted lever I58 which at its freeend is pivoted to a pushing rod I59. the free end of which extends intoan opening I60 in a cylinder I6I which slidably surrounds the coinreceptacle I52. This coin receptacle I52 has at-its lower end an openingI14 of the same height as the thickness of four coins together, and thehottom of the coin receptacle is provided with a groove I15. The pushingrod I59 is adapted to move through the opening I14 and the groove I15 inwhich case it pushes coins out of the receptacle I52 which for thispurpose is cut away at its lower end as indicated by I16. A spring I03inserted under tension between the lever I58 and a fixed part I62 of theframe of the apparatus keeps the roller, I51 in engagement with the camdisk I55.

The cam disk I56 also fixed to the shaft I46 engages a roller I64attached to the'free end of a pivoted lever I65,-a spring I61 insertedunder tension between this lever I65 and a fixed part I66 of the frameof the apparatus keeping the roller I64 in engagement with thecircumference of the cam disk I56. The lever has the form of a fork(Fig. 7) at its pivoted end and the branches I65a and I 65b of. thisfork are provided with studs I68 which engage recesses I69 in the outercylinder I6I. Between these studs I68 and the roller I64 the lever I65has an upwardly directed member I10 which is adapted to cooperate with acontrolling element I1I having cam surfaces and being fixed to a shaftI12 (Fig. 9). For the purpose of effecting the reciprocating movement ofthe lever I58 it is not necessary that each lever is provided with aroller I51 cooperating with its cam disk I55, but it is suflicient thatthe shaft I46 has one cam disk I55 only, or as shown on the drawings(Fig. 7) two cam disks I55 which actuate levers I50 fixed to ajournalled shaft I13. The pushing rods I59 belonging to the other coinreceptacles are then attached to a shaft I59a connecting the two leversI58, so that all-rods I59 are reciprocating simultaneously.

As shown in Fig. 8 the number of coins discharged at a time depend onthe position ofthe cylinder I6I and thus on the position of the pushingrod I59 relative to the coin receptacle I52, and this'position in itsturn is determined by the cam surfaces of the controlling element HI andthe position of this latter relative to an initial or zero position. Inthe position as shown in Fig. 8 the cam surface d is opposite to theprojecting member I10 which corresponds to three lo-ore coins, that isto say the cylinder I6I can only be lifted to such an extent that theend of the pushing rod I59 engages and can push out only the threelowermost coins resting on the bottom of the coin receptacle I52.

The controlling elements (Figs. 10-14) are arranged on shafts in such amanner that controlling elements pertaining to different denominationalvalues cooperate with each other. Thus the controlling element I11 for lore, the controlling element I18 for 2 ore and the controll ng elementI19 for 5 ore are fixed to one and thesame hollow shaft I80 which issupported by bearings I8I and I82 and at one end is provided with atoothed wheel I83 which by means of a gearing I9I, I92 is in engagementwith the units order toothed wheel 35 of the counter. In order to beable to eject one to nine ore these controlling elements or cam disksmust have different cam surfaces and must further occupy a determinedangular position relative to the cam surfaces on the other disks. Thesecam surfaces are designated a-Jc. The cam surfaces a, c, e, f, h, k, 'ofthe controlling element I11 are arranged at such great radial distancefrom the axis of the cylinder that the cylinder I'I9a surrounding thel-ore coin receptacle I49 will not be lifted, that is to say no coinwill be ejected. The other cam surfaces b, d, g, and i bring about alifting of the cylinder I490 a distance corresponding to the thicknessof a. l-ore coin. The cam surfaces a, b, j and g of the controllingelement I18 correspond to the zero position of the pushing rod, whilethe cam surfaces 0, d, h and i allow the discharge of one 2-6re coin andthe cam surfaces e and k allow the discharge of two 2-6re coins. On the5-ore coin controlling element I19 the portion a-e has such a radialdistance from the axis that no coin is ejected, while the portion f-hallows the ejection of one 5-iire coin.

If for instance the hollow shaft I occupies such a position that the camsurfaces 0 are positioned opposite to the projecting members I18 on thelever I65 there will be ejected no l-ore coin, one 2-6re coin and no5-5re coin. If on the other hand the cam surfaces 1' are opposite to theprojecting members I 10 there will be ejected one l-ore coin, one 2-orecoin and one 5- ore coin or together eight tire.

The tens order controlling members HI and I84 are arranged in a similarmanner. These controlling members or cam disks are fixed to a shaft I12which is supported by bearings I and I86 and at one end provided withthe toothed wheel I81 in mesh with the tens order toothed wheel 35 ofthe counter. This shaft I12 extends partly through the hollow shaft I88.The cam surfaces a and j of the controlling element "I do not permit theejection of any coin, the cam surfaces b and g correspond to one l0-6recoin, the cam surfaces 0 and h correspond to two 10-6re coins, the camsurfaces d and 1 correspond to three IO-ore coins and the cam surfaces eand It correspond to four 10-6re coins. The cam surface a-e of thecontrolling element I84 permits no ejection of coins and the portion,f-k corresponds to the ejection of one 50-6re C0111.

The connection between the registering device and the coin dischargingdevice comprises the following parts: A sleeve 10 is axiallydisplaceable on the shaft I0 supporting the auxiliary members 21, 36 and31 (Fig. 3). This sleeve has a disk H and is provided with a peripheralgroove 12. Some of the rods 25 have a prolongation 13 extending tothe-right according to Fig. 3, the end of which engages as near aspossible the disk 1 I. The prolongations serve to augment the value ofdeposited coins, as recorded on the counter mechanism, by thatarithmetic complement which is the difference between the price of theticket and the value of the largest coin which may be deposited in theapparatus. The cam surfaces on the controlling elements are so designedand positioned that no coins will be ejected when the total recordedvalue, i. e., the deposited coins plus the complementary value, i. e.,exactly equal to the value of the largest coin. According to the exampleabove referred to it shall be assumed that the arithmetic complement is85, and therefore the rod 25b corresponding to 50 tire, the rod 25corresponding to 25 ore and the rod 25a corresponding to 10 ore havesuch a prolongation 13 which means together 85 tire.

The groove 12 is engaged by studs or rollers 14 on the fork-like arm 15of a lever 15, 16 pivoted at 11, the other arm 16 of which supports aroller 18 in engagement with an inclined guiding surface 19. Thisguiding surface is fixed to a rod 80 connected to a parallelly supportedrod 8| by means of a yoke 82 to which is fixed the push-button 9accessible from the outside of the casing I.

When the push button is pressed, the plate 1I is forced against theprolongations'and the value 85 fire is thus added, due to thedisplacement of the teeth 26, 26a. and the continuous rotation of shaftI0, to the value of the deposited coins. the total will be fire or 1crown if 15 fire was deposited and this recorded value indicates thatthe purchaser of the ticket should not receive any change. If the totalis greater than 1 crown, the cams of the ejecting mechanism will be sopositioned that the elected coins will be equal to the amount by whichthe recorded total exceeds 1 crown.

Further mechanisms which preferably are attached to the apparatus butform no part of the present invention are the following: Shafts of theapparatus may be coupled together by means of special clutches, thecutting-in and out of which is controlled by the counter in such amanner that neither the coin discharging device nor the sellingapparatus will function when a less amount than that fixed beforehand isinserted into the apparatus and the push-button is actuated.

To one of such shafts is attached a ticketejecting device, on thedrawings generally designated BA.

The mode of operation of the apparatus under the assumption that theexample above referred to is utilized. that is to say the ticket priceis 15 ore and thus the arithmetic complement is 85 tire, is as follows.When a 25-ore coin is inserted into the apparatus through the coinaperture 6, the motor is started and the shaft II] rotates, whereafterthe coin presses the bellcrank 22 downwards and the teeth 26, 26a arerocked about their pivots to such an extent that they will be in thepath of movement of the toothed wheels 34 which thus together with thetoothed wheels 35 and the numeral wheels 28 are rotated so that thelatter show the numeral value 25. To the same amount the shafts I12 andI80 are set simultaneously, inasmuch as these,' as pointed out above,are directly connected with the counter. Upon the coin, in this case a25-ore coin, having fallen down into the special coin receptacle 3|, theteeth 26, 26a return to their normal ineffective positions. Hereafterthe push-button is actuated, which causes an axial displacement of thesleeve 10, whereby the teeth corresponding to 50, 25 and 10 fire are setso as to actuate the corresponding denominationals of the counter andfurther a clutch is actuated which couples the shaft of the motor withthe shaft I46. By this means the numeral wheels are rotated forwards, sothat they now show 25+85=110, that is to say, the shaft I 12 has beenrotated to such an extent that the cam surface b on the controllingelement I1I corresponding to one 10-6re coin is positioned opposite tothe projecting member I10 on the lever I65. When thereafter the shaft I46 rotates, at first the cylinder I6I is lifted a distance correspondingto the thickness of one 10-6re coin in the receptacle I52 and thereafterthe rod I59 is pushed forward (to the right according to Fig. 6), sothat one IO-ore coin (the change) is ejected, and finally the counter iszeroized by a special arrangement such as that indicated by 84, 85, 86(Fig. 2). At the same time the ticketselling apparatus "BA hasdischarged a ticket.

What I claim is:

1. In collection apparatus for retaining a predetermined sum for aservice rendered and for returning change when the coins depositedexceed that sum, the combination with means in which coins may bedeposited, means for totalizing the value of the deposited coins, andchangeejecting means, of means controlled by said totalizing means forsetting said change-ejecting means to deliver coins equal in value tothat amount by which the totalized value of the deposited coins exceedssaid predetermined sum.

2. In apparatus of the type stated, the combination with a plurality ofcoin chutes for receiving coins of different values, totalizing means,means energized by coins deposited in said chutes for actuating saidtotalizing means in accordance with the total value of the depositedcoins, of a plurality of containers for receiving coins of differentvalues, an ejector for each container, means normally retaining saidejectors in inoperative positions, means controlled by said totalizingmeans for adjusting said ejectors in accordance with the change to bedelivered, and means for actuating said ejectors to deliver coins fromsaid containers.

3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said means for adjustingsaid ejectors includes means for adding upon said totalizing means thatcomplementary value which is the difierence between the largest valuecoin which may be deposited in said chutes and a fixed charge to becollected by said apparatus, a cam for adjusting each ejector todetermine the number of coins to be delivered thereby from theassociated coin container, and means controlled by said totalizing meansto adjust said cams into positions corresponding to the delivery ofchange equal to the amount by which the deposited coins exceed the saidfixed charge.

4. Apparatus of the type stated comprising a plurality of coin chutesfor receiving coins of different values, a plurality of wheel members,means energized by coins deposited in said chutes to rotate said wheelmembers to an extent corresponding to the total value of depositedcoins, change-ejecting means, and adjustable means actuated by and inaccordance with the rotation of said wheeled members forcontrolling saidchange-ejecting means.

5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4, in combination with means forrotating said wheel members to an extent corresponding to the amount bywhich the largest value coin which may be deposited in said chutesexceeds a fixed charge to be collected by said machine, and wherein saidadjustable means controls said change-ejecting means to discharge coinsof a value equal to the amount by which the deposited coins exceed thesaid fixed charge.

6. In collection apparatus for retaining a predetermined sum for aservice rendered and for returning change when the coins depositedexceed that sum, the combination with means in which coins may bedeposited, said deposit means v including separate coin chambers forcoins of different values, means for totalizing the value of thedeposited coins, change-ejecting means cooperating with said coinchambers, said changeejecting means and coin chambers being supportedfor relative displacement to control the number of coins to be deliveredfrom the respective chambers, and means controlled by said totalizingmeans for effecting relative displacement of said change-ejecting meansand said coin chambers in accordance with the amount by which the valueof the deposited coins exceeds said predetermined sum.

'7. In apparatus of the type stated, the combination with a plurality ofcoin chutes for receiving coins of difierent values, totalizing means,means energized by coins deposited in said chutes for actuating saidtotalizing means in accordance with the total value of the depositedcoins, of a plurality of containers for receiving coins of differentvalues, an ejector for each container, means normally retaining saidejectors in inoperative positions, means controlled by said totalizingmeans forejecting a relative adjustment of said ejectors and theassociated containers in accordance with the change to be delivered, andmeans for actuating said ejectors to deliver coins from said containers.

KARL AXEL TEODOR GRANZELIUS.

